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Yankees' Jonathan Loaisiga: Activated from DL

by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire

Loaisiga (shoulder) is slated to start Friday for Double-A Trenton, Kyle Franko of The Trentonian reports.

Loaisiga had been dealing with a shoulder issue since early July, but he's returned to health following a rehab stint. Through six starts at for the Thunder in 2018, Loaisiga sports a 4.32 ERA and 1.24 WHIP with 32 strikeouts over 25 innings.

General manager Brian Cashman said Loaisiga (shoulder) started a rehab assignment with the Yankees Gulf Coast League, DJ Eberle of the Times-Leader News reports.

This marked the first time Loaisiga pitched in a live game since suffering a shoulder injury in early July. He only pitched one inning, but Cashman stated that he will gradually build his pitch count back up and return to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre as a potential call-up for the Yankees in September.

Loaisiga (shoulder) received a cortisone shot and will be shut down for a few weeks, Marc Carig of The Athletic New York reports.

There's a chance that even though this shoulder injury will cost Loaisiga at least a month in the middle of the season, it may not actually impact his total innings pitched in 2018, as he has thrown 63 innings between the minors and majors, and only threw 32.2 innings in 2017. He will miss most if not all of July, and will then have to go on a rehab assignment before potentially rejoining the big-league club in mid-to-late August.

Loaisiga is dealing with right shoulder inflammation, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

Loaisiga was optioned earlier in the week but was expected to return to start one half of Monday's doubleheader against the Orioles. Luis Cessa will be called upon instead. Loaisiga will see Dr. Chris Ahmad in New York on Monday to determine the extent of his injury.

Loaisiga was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre following Monday's outing against the Braves, Marc Carig of The Athletic New York reports. He allowed three runs on five hits while striking out three across four innings, as he didn't factor into the decision.

Loaisiga put together a short outing, giving up a run in the third, followed by two more in the fourth before being lifted with a one-run deficit. The Yankees would get him off the hook in the fifth inning after a Didi Gregorius sacrifice fly plated Gleyber Torres. Through four starts in the big leagues this season, he's failed to work six full innings, although he owns a 3.00 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 21 strikeouts. Manager Aaron Boone stated Loaisiga will likely return to the majors to start one of the doubleheader games slated for July 9, Erik Boland of Newsday. reports.